Billionaires boldly go: private space-treks
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This week Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s space-exploration company, successfully launched a rocket into orbit on its first attempt. That marks a new frontier in the private space industry. Donald Trump has threatened mass deportations of illegal immigrants. What will happen when he takes office (12:56)? And celebrating Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist and expert on near-death experiences (21:55).
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| 0:33.1 | The Economist |
| 0:34.4 | Hello and welcome. The Economist. |
| 0:43.4 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:44.4 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:45.9 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:50.4 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. You know what's just so fashionable right now in the policy portfolios of populists? |
| 1:01.0 | Deporting illegal immigrants. American voters have been promised historic levels of it starting next week. |
| 1:07.8 | We ask if, at ground level, that is what many of them actually want. |
| 1:13.2 | And Peter Fenwick was a psychiatrist who became fascinated by near-death experiences and came |
| 1:19.2 | to believe that his consciousness would outlive his physical body. Our obitaries editor celebrates his |
| 1:24.9 | life and consciousness. |
| 1:31.8 | Thank you. Bitreys editor celebrates his life and consciousness. First up, though. |
| 1:37.7 | Nine, eight, seven, six, five. |
| 1:42.1 | Space buffs have had a lot to celebrate lately. |
| 1:45.0 | Oliver Morton is our Planetary Affairs editor. |
| 1:49.0 | But this week, there was a really remarkable couple of days. |
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